... The comic for 1190 now just has an image URL of time.png - I'm fairly certain that it was originally linking to the obscured image URLs directly. When I go to "http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time.png" I get redirected to http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time/3c3566958f0430bb674416ecbd57bf611d...

How developed would it have to be to draw stick figures and sand castles in various states of building? The algorithm could do the bulk of the work, and Randall could manually draw bits and pieces here and there to make it seem more "human". Or perhaps this comic is the product of a numbe...

And as just some trivia, the entirety of China is on one timezone GMT+8 (in line with Singapore). This means that in Beijing and Shanghai the clocks are roughly three hours slow (high noon in Shanghai is around 10am, the days start early (I know because I lived there)). Kind of strange considering ...

If the updates dropped to 1 (or preferably 2) hourly, then I could see it going on forever, but I think making assumptions of eternity based on less than 3 days worth of updates is a little premature! If you removed premature, unfounded assumptions about the nature of this comic from this thread, I...

If Randall had a highly developed artificial intelligence under his control, I suspect he'd be using it for more devious purposes than drawing an eternal comic. I think he'd use it to set up a COD4 toruney Oh I love that. particularly because I'm still obsessed with cod4 and frequently try to set u...

Or it's about how neat sandcastles are. that works too. Sandcastles are indeed neat. Also, is there anybody else who finds it strange that there is no mention of this comic/thread on the 'sandcastle' page on wikipedia? I somehow think there is a need for that. GO INTERNET GOOO!! :D Lets say, Randal...

Aww I was hoping there would be some additions not just repair. Lets see what he does next! Well - he seems to be extending the wall along to the central tower, which isn't exactly the same as it was before. It might even provide a base for a potential new tower... haha i hope so! that would be awe...

Aww I was hoping there would be some additions not just repair. Lets see what he does next! Well - he seems to be extending the wall along to the central tower, which isn't exactly the same as it was before. It might even provide a base for a potential new tower... haha i hope so! that would be awe...

I bet hes just taking a pause. Maybe hes thinking of building that bit bigger and better that it was before. Maybe hes just quietly contemplating the loss of the original turret *hat tip to whoever it was that suggested that first*

I'm kind of hoping there isn't a "payoff" that you guys seem to want. The way I see it, this comic is a lot like life. There's no real plot in life. Things aren't being pushed forward constantly by the narrative. Things tend to happen day-by-day, one moment at a time. Somethings build up ...

I'm kind of hoping there isn't a "payoff" that you guys seem to want. The way I see it, this comic is a lot like life. There's no real plot in life. Things aren't being pushed forward constantly by the narrative. Things tend to happen day-by-day, one moment at a time. Somethings build up ...

The UK is awake again now though, so there's presumably some English speaking posters left on here. This comic would be less frustrating if there was continuous forward progress. With the speed of the updates, any damage to the castle is truly annoying. And that's presumably part of the point. It's...

Its great to see what people will do just to keep up to date with this. Its great to actually just see people bothering to keep up with this in the first place! Over here in Australia is 10 to 9 so the few of us on here will probably be gone soon (if only for a few hours) I cant wait to see him slow...

First thing that came to mind.... http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/36713800.jpg Oh that just made my day (evening) :D Oh, God, it won't stop. It has become eternal and self-conscious, outside of Munroe's control. It won't stop until we pull the plug on the internet. Or the Roomba does it...

It seems like there's been a considerable decline in traffic the last 10 odd updates. I'm guessing our American friends finally gave in and went to sleep? I really hope this thread makes it to #1. I wonder if cueball will fix what he fell on or just wait until Megan gets back? Or there's always the ...

Is it just me, or does "The Past" feel like a letdown compared to this? It's such a simple strip, it almost feels blah. I think everyone is just too focused on Time to worry about The Past. And i think Randall planned that perfectly to just send us another message. Some serious zen going ...

Is it just me, or does "The Past" feel like a letdown compared to this? It's such a simple strip, it almost feels blah. I think everyone is just too focused on Time to worry about The Past. And i think Randall planned that perfectly to just send us another message. Some serious zen going ...

I'd like to see this comic redone with thought bubbles from the characters echoing some of these forum posts. http://i.imgur.com/zvjkF3L.png I decided to tackle the pregnancy theory, because most of the other theories are too goddamn depressing. EDIT: These aren't thought bubbles, but I can't be bo...

Is it just me, or does "The Past" feel like a letdown compared to this? It's such a simple strip, it almost feels blah. I think everyone is just too focused on Time to worry about The Past. And i think Randall planned that perfectly to just send us another message. Some serious zen going ...

I'm thinking this might be an interactive version of the "a watched pot never boils" concept? Oh, absolutely. I hope to one day see the graphs of "refresh-clicks-of-comic", "refresh-clicks-of-forum", "new-posts-in-forum", etc. and see them spike ridiculously ...

This is going SO WELL. I CANT WAIT FOR MORE!!! but i have to. ^_^ I wonder why shes not helping anymore... not trying to be morbid just wondering! this is a wonderful happy comic i think So much for doing anything productive. This comic seems slightly contradictory in its message to us. Telling us t...